Added
a page of screenshots – dodgy in colour, to some extent – from a
Japanese Procoloid television show
(thanks, Larry)

Where were you, exactly two years ago today? A lot of
Procol Harum fans were in the midst of a remarkably good festival in California,
USA, hearing the band, playing music, going to several parties, enjoying some
international cameraderie... read about it all
here.

Since a good clump of Palers enjoyed LA's Lickerish
last time they played, the band has let us know that they're out again on
Thursday 14 July at 10.40 pm at the Liquid Lounge, 3522 E. Anaheim St., Long
Beach, CA 90804 (one block east of Redondo Blvd.) 21 and over, no cover. (thanks,
Tom)

The (normally) rather serious BBC current affairs programme, 'Newsnight',
in conjunction with its even more serious arts programme, 'Newsnight Review', is
asking people to vote
for their top five favourite music albums. The vote is open to anyone
anywhere in the world so, if you wish to, please vote for Procol Harum, Matthew
Fisher, Gary Brooker, Robin Trower etc. The
poll is open until 12pm (UK time) on Wednesday, 6 July so there isn't much
time left. The results will be announced on 5 August.

The
Beanstalk is BtP's forum for online conversations about Procol Harum and
related music, enjoyed by many fans and occasional members of the band
themselves: click
here to join. Some subscribers lately report getting an error message, 'This
posting deemed inappropriate by the moderator' or similar. If you see this,
please just wait a while and send your posting again. If the software sends you
a 'moderator contact', please don't reply, as there is nobody there! The list is
run solely by the BtP team, and is not moderated; we regret any glitches
of late but they are outside our control (BtP is a free service, so we can't
afford more (probably) reliable expensive solutions). It's still a good deal
more reliable than the old Yahoo list was.